Donald Trump signs something that turns us into plastic straw

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive matter ending an American government effort to replace the plastic straw with paper.

This, which is valid immediately, reflects a procedure signed by former President Joe Biden, who described plastic pollution as a “crisis.”

Last week, Trump – who sold plastic straw during his 2020 campaign – said the paper straw “does not work” and “disgusting” in the mouths of consumers.

In 2024, Biden ordered a gradual end of US government purchases for plastic straw, as well as plastic table tools.

Trump’s directives order government agencies to stop buying paper and calling for a strategy to eliminate them at the country level.

“We go back to the plastic straw,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.

“These things do not work, I had several times, sometimes, it explodes, they explode. If there is something hot, it will not last very long, like up to minutes, and sometimes it is in seconds. Trump said:” It is it Mocked position. “

As part of a wider effort to target plastic pollution, the Biden Administration announced last year that it will gradually provide plastic materials with a single use of food, process and events by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035.

Trump was a long critic of the straw of paper.

During his re -elected campaign in 2020, which he eventually lost, the “Trump” straw, which bears a brand, was sold at a price of $ 15 for a package of 10 – as an alternative to what he called the “liberal” straw he called.

In total, the campaign recorded nearly $ 500,000 of straw sales in the first few weeks alone.

Some statistics Put the available number of drinking straw used In the United States in 500 million a day – although this number is strongly disputed and the real total can be about half of that.

A number of American cities and countries – including Seattle, Washington; California; Oregon adopted New Jersey – rules that limit the use of plastic straw or require that companies be provided only after their request by customers.

The statistics of the United Nations Environment Program indicate that 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year, which contributes to waste in the ocean and fine plastic that can affect human health.

Some studies have shown that the straw of paper, however, contains large amounts of “chemicals to forever” such as polyfluoroalkyl materials, or PFAS.

PFAs can remain in the environment for decades, pollution of water supply and cause a variety of health problems.